Oak Hill Public Hearing Set On Zoning Change
Oak Hill City Council approved a public hearing on October 5 at 7 30 p m to consider changing a Main Street zone from residential to allow R P Nicholls to buy Julius Blake property for a funeral home run by Nicholls two sons. The zoning commission had denied the plan but council vote 4 3 reversed that decision. Nearby property owners had urged upholding the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Main St
Chestnut Ave
Woodlawn Ave
R. P. Nicholls
Julius Blake
Zoning Commission
Nicholls
Blake
Summerlee Miner Killed at Work Today
Joseph William Bondro aged 29 from Scarbro was killed in an accident at the New River Co. mine in Summerlee at 1 am. Details were not available. funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 am at Sts Peter and Paul Church Scarbro with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Surviving are parents four sisters and other relatives. Body to be moved to Tyree Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon. rosary at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Joseph William Bondro
Scarbro
New River Co
Summerlee
Mount Hope
Bondzo
Sts. Peter and Paul
Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Eugene Klug
High Lawn Memorial Park
A. W. Bondzo
Agnes Bondzo
Dorothy Bondzo
John Boloski
Bradley
E. J. Mondron
Charleston
Tyree
Oak Hill Auxiliary Member Named Honorary Girls State Citizen
Oak Hill American Legion Auxiliary honored Mrs. H. D. Harvey with an honorary citizenship pin for ten years of service to Girls State and Boys State during a Monday night meeting at Mrs. G. Steele Callison’s home. Seven Oak Hill delegates reported on their Girls State experiences and a list of committee chairmen was announced for the coming year with Mrs. Harvey heading Girls State efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
H. D. Harvey
Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
G. Steele Callison
American Legion
Boys State
Joyce Sluzas
Barbara Donachy
Civic League
Dreama Wyant
Women of the Moose
Sharon Frisk
Junior Woman's Club
Clenora Hil
G. S Mason
Main St
Wiley Bays
J. E. Duncan
E. A. Masters
T. B. Martin
Clara Mae Martin
Lillian Rapp
Elliott Warden
FE. FE. Straughan
H. L. van Camp
Byrd Rackley
Newlyweds Plan Trinidad Home
Newly married William C. Phillips Jr. and Peggy Sowder plan to live in Trinidad after a Sept. 4 ceremony in Washington DC. Peggy Sowder, daughter of J. W. Sowder of Ansted, is a Woodrow Wilson High School and Capitol City School of Nursing graduate. William Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips of New Jersey, is stationed with the U S Navy in Trinidad after leaving Perth Amboy High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansted
Ans
Trinidad
William C. Phillips Jr
National Memorial Church of God
Washington, D.C
Herbert Hillebrand
Peggy Sowder
J. W. Sowder
William Phillips
Netuchen
N.J
Phillips
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Capitol City School of Nursing
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Perth Amboy High School
Perth
N. J
British West Indies
United States Naval Air Force
Fayetteville Driver Appeals Drunk Verdict
Cecil Smith a 44 year old Fayetteville man posted a 500 dollar property bond to appeal a drunken driving conviction and a charge of driving with expired temporary plates. He was found guilty on both counts at the Magistrate hearing and appealed the DWI to the circuit court after arrest by Fayetteville police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Cecil Smith
Fayetteville
R. C. Godsey
Smith
C. L. Burdette
Gardeners Hear Talk By High School Teacher
Vandalia Garden Club members heard Fayetteville High School home economics instructor Mrs. Dan H. Perdue speak on Let’s Freeze at the Wednesday meeting. The club met at Mrs. Kenneth Sproles’s Fayette Road home, with president Mrs. John Holliday presiding and plans announced to join the Garden Study Club in October for a Festive Candles program. A dessert course was served to the speaker, president, and several members including Mrs. Ernie Hess and Mrs. George Hatfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Vandalia Garden Club
Dan H. Perdue
Fayetteville High School
Kenneth Sproles
Fayette Road
Perdue
John Holliday
Garden Study Club
Robert Akers
Ernie Hess
George Hatfield
Harold Jones
Millard Lively
Myron Renick
Charles Shackelford
L. W. Tudor
W. L Whittaker
Birthday Circus Party For Glen Jean Boy
Edgar Brash Lavender of Norfolk celebrates his third birthday with a Glen Jean circus themed party hosted by grandparents John Brash and wife. Guests from Glen Jean Hill Top Fayetteville Beckley and Norfolk attended, greeting the honoree with crepe paper tents balloons and a bass drum cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Jean
Edgar Brash Lavender
Edgar F. Lavender
Norfolk
John Brash
Susan Roache
Mary
James Bragg
Debbie Ferri
Karen Jackson
Mildred
Douglas Altizer
Karen Williams
Bobby Brash
Hill Top
R. C. Godsey Jr
Fayetteville
Dian
Beckley
Fayetteville man fined for obscene language
Willie Dilenardo, 18, Fayetteville, was found guilty and fined $25 plus costs by Mayor Police Judge M. G. Hiesan on a charge of using obscene language in the presence of two Fayetteville women. He was placed on 30 days probation. arrest was made last week by C. L. Burdette, Fayetteville Town Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Willie Dilenardo
M. G. Hiesan
Dilenardo
C. L. Burdette
Baltimore USDA Livestock Prices Report
Cattle receipts 300 head with early sales confined to canner and cutter grade. prices steady with Monday bids 6.00 to 9.50, bulk 7.50 to 9.00. Calves 150 with some choice and prime dealers 24.00, most good to prime 18.00 to 23.00. odd utilities 11.00 and odd culls 6.00 or under. Hogs 300 with barrows and gilts 21.25 to 21.50 at 180-220 lb, rising to 20.00-21.00 for 240-270 lb, 19.00-20.00 for 270-300 lb, over 300 lb 19.00 down. 120-140 lb 18.50-19.25, 140-160 lb 19.50-20.50, 160-180 lb 20.50-21.00. Odd head choice sows under 400 lb mostly 18.50, 400-450 lb 17.50, 450-500 lb 16.50, 500-550 lb 15.50, 550-600 lb 14.50, 600 lb and heavier 13.50 down. Sheep receipts too small for firm comparison. 1 truck lot choice 109 lb spring lambs 20.00, top around 22.00.
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Baltimore
USDA
OFS To Meet Pineville Chapter 110 Eastern Star
The stated meeting of Pineville Chapter No. 110, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held Thursday September 16 at 7 30 p m in the Pineville Masonic Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OFS
Pineville
RNS
Order of the Eastern Star
Pineville Masonic Hall
Powell Funeral Rites Wednesday
Edward Houston Powell 54 of Scarbro dies in Oak Hill Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Tyree Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Mont Carr officiating. Burial Bays Cemetery Summerlee. Born Sept 5 1900 at Clifftop. Survived by two sisters Nellie Winston Scarbro Lottie Perry Ingram Branch and brother William Powell Ironton Ohio. Removal to funeral home 1 hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Edward Houston Powell
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Tyree
Mont Carr
Bays
Summerlee
Clifftop
Nellie Winston
Lottie Perry
Ingram Branch
William Powell
Ironton
Ohio
Winston
Funeral Home
Whittaker Man Posts Bond for Moonshine
Robert Wilson Duckett 28 of Whittaker posted 100 bond before Magistrate James Soulsky on a moonshine possession charge. Duckett was arrested early Sunday by Cpl. R. K. Price and Trooper E. N. Harvey of the Can nelton State Police Detachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Robert Wilson Duckett
Whittaker
James Soulsky
Duckett
Cpl
R. K. Price
E. N. Harvey
Cannelton
Marshall to Organize Classes at Pineville High
Marshall College will send a representative to Pineville High School Wednesday at 7 p.m. to organize extension classes. Courses in education and sociology will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Pineville
Marshall College
Pineville High School
Infant Dies in Ravencliff Graveside Rites Today
Graveside services were set for 11 a.m. today in Pine Grove Cemetery Ravencliff for Rodney Gail Brown infant who died at 8 p.m. Sunday in Wyoming General Hospital. He was born at 2 03 a.m. Saturday in Mullens hospital. Surviving relatives include parents three sisters Betty 11 Janey 6 and Joyce 4 and grandmothers Mrs Essie Tolliver and Mrs Eartha Short both of Ravencliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Rodney Gail Brown
Ravencliff
Wyoming General Hospital
Pine Grove
Mullens Hospital
Betty
Janey
Joyce
Essie Tolliver
Eartha Short
Wyoming Miners Complete First Aid Course
Eight miners and foreman at Red Jacket Coal Corp. Wyoming mine completed a 40 hour course in first aid fundamentals taught by J. G. Bosley, inspector with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The graduates include Harold Gaither, Frank Prater Jr., Azzle Tackett, Hazzell Tackett, Clarence Brewer, J. Chester Cook Jr., John A. Short, and Edward C. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Red Jacket Coal Corp
J. G. Bosley
United States Bureau of Mines
Harold Gaither
Frank Prater Jr
Azzle Tackett
Hazzell Tackett
Clarence Brewer
J. Chester Cook Jr
John A. Short
Edward C. Smith
Wesleyan Guild Meets Oak Hill
Miss Virginia Fox hosted the Oak Hill Wesleyan Service Guild meeting on Tuesday with the theme Jesus Concern for Cities. Juanita Scott and Marion Lane led the program. D P Lively spoke on the devotional topic. guests included I S Tyler and Donald Lively. Members listed include Shirley Alvis Nancy Hannabass Lucille Crislip Ethel Eigenbrod Horace omg per Marion Lane Margaret Jean Jones Virginia Lane Doris Mills Blanche OHara Bill Moore James Painter Juanita Scott Wayne Winston Bill McKnight Virginia Fox Joan Sunstrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Virginia Fox
Wesleyan Service Guild
Jesus
Juanita Scott
Marion Lane
D. P. Lively
Women's Society of Christian Service
I. S. Tyler
Donald Lively
Shirley Alvis
Nancy Hannabass
Lucille Crislip
Ethel Eigenbrod
Guy Foster
Ester Green
Horace Omg
Margaret Jean Jones
Virginia Lane
Doris Mills
Blanche O’hara
Bill Moore
James Painter
Wayne Winston
Bill McKnight
Joan Sunstrum
Fishing Trio Charged Fined in Electric Shock Case
HINTON RNS reports three fishermen were fined 107.50 each after conservation officers charged Harry Young Madams Creek Frank Knea and Eltrue Gordon Kimber ly with using an electric device to stun fish. They appeared before Magistrate J E Holt on Monday.
Spanishburg Man Found by Road Accident or Attack
Miller Harvey a 20 year old resident of Spanishburg was found unconscious along a Princeton road and hospitalized. Neighbors alleged moonshine poisoning after a night in a car whose owner moved him, leaving him near the highway with facial injuries. Harvey reported his girlfriend struck him with a rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Spanishburg
Miller Harvey
Harvey
Wyoming Republicans Name Candidates for County Race
At the Wyoming County convention in Pineville candidates were chosen for county offices including J. R. McKinney for county surveyor Rush Walls for house of delegates and Noah West for county commissioner. Fred O Blue spoke criticizing highway funding and urging GOP support for the November ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
J. R. McKinney
Bud
Rush Walls
C. V. Stewart
Mullens
House of Delegates
Noah West
Stephenson
Joe Orr
Charles W. Cook
James Theodore Miller
Brenton
Oceana Residents Share News and Travel Tidbits
Cpl. William Sams returns to Fort Devens after a three day leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sams. Mrs. Grant Sams and Mrs. Leland Tilley take Loutish Sams to Montgomery to attend West Virginia Tech this fall. Edith Tilley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Tilley, heads back to Morgantown Sunday for her second year in West Virginia University pre medical studies. Marie Bradley, Sade Rame and Pearl Wright visit Mrs. B Morgan in Welch where she is treated at Steven's Clinic Hospital for injuries from Bolt Mountain accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
William Sams
Fort Devens
Mas
Grant Sams
Leland Tilley
Loutish Sams
Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Edith Tilley
Morgantown
Miss Tilley
West Virginia University
Marie Bradley
Sade Rame
Pearl Wright
Welch
B. L. Morgan
Morgan
Steven's Clinic
Bolt Mountain
Heavy Smokers 40 Face Higher Lung Cancer Risk
Washington a government researcher says men aged 40 who smoke heavily have 5 to 15 times greater odds of developing lung cancer before age 80 than nonsmokers. Sidney J. Cutler of the National Cancer Institute notes no proof of causation, yet finds smokers more likely to get lung cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sidney J. Cutler
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
American Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry
Clarence Cook Little
Little
Johannes Clemmesen
Cancer Registry
Copen
Hagen
Nils Ringertz
Sabbateberg Hospital
Stockholm
Pao Chang-hou
Hong Kong
Cutler
United States
Eight Births Recorded at Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens RNS reports eight births last week at Wyoming General Hospital. New arrivals include Rodney Gail Brown Sept 11 son to William and Mary Brown Ravencliff. Rita Mae Acord Sept 10 daughter to Samuel Acord Slab Fork. Dreamer Darlene Hayes Sept 9 daughter to Samuel R Hayes Nariva. Benny Ray Saunders Sept 9 son to Curtis D Saunders Corinne. Laura Hamilton Sept 7 daughter to Wirt F Maynor Mullens. Teresa Faye Day Sept 6 daughter to Edward B Day Stephenson. Ralph Steven Bailey Sept 6 son to Arvil R Bailey Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Hamilton
Wirt F. Maynor
Mullens
Teresa Faye
Edward B. Day
Stephenson
Ralph Steven
Arvil R. Bailey
Pineville
Personal News From Oak Hill and Harlem Heights
Mrs. Lenora Garmany of Washington DC has returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs George Franklin in Harlem Heights. Frank Hutchison of Princeton was a Sunday visitor in the home of his brother and sister in law, J B Dickerson. James Franklin of Harlem Heights has returned from a summer in Pittsburgh with his sister. The Rev and Mrs C G Eastwood left Monday for a northern state visit and plan to return Wednesday.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Lenora Garmany
Washington, D. C
George Franklin
Harlem Heights
Frank Hutchison
Princeton
J. B. Dickerson
James Franklin
Pittsburgh
C. G. Eastwood
Sept 5 Birth Announcement for Donna Louise Norman
The birth notice states on September 5 daughter Donna Louise was born to Mr and Mrs Robert A Norman of Amigo. The family resides in Amigo and welcomes new member Donna Louise into their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Louise
Robert A. Norman
Amigo
Lifelong Winona Resident Dies
Mrs. Lillian Perkins lifelong Winona resident died Sunday morning in Detroit Michigan while visiting her daughter Mrs Neville Mae Claytor. She was active in United Baptist Church choir Mission Society Homemakers Club and PTA. She leaves her daughter stationed in Texas with the Air Force a brother Arthur Perkins and a granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Lillian Perkins
Detroit
Mich
Neville Mae Claytor
United Baptist Church
Choir
Mission Society
Homemakers Club
Parent-Teacher Association
She Perkins
Texas
Air Force
Arthur Perkins
Forty-Four Patients Admitted at Wyoming General Hospital
Forty four patients were admitted to Wyoming General Hospital in the week ending Saturday. Daily admissions list names of patients by town and state, including Mullens Tralee Trale e Allen Junction and many others, with several from Amigo, Co rinne, Mullens, Otsego, and nearby communities.
Shannon-Cooper Mission Circle Meets at Cook Memorial
Mrs W F Rose hosted the Shan non Cooper Mission Circle meeting at her home with Mrs Vivian Rose as co host. Mrs Vivian Rose as president gave the devotional and presided over the business session. Mrs Cleo Greenwood presented the program using a Bible story and the hostesses served refreshments to the listed members during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Necessary
Eugene Noble
R. E. Kuhn
E. M. Curry
J. V. Thompson
Walter Fisher
Charles Shields
Millard Dancy
Victoria Cooper
L. L. Shannon
Bruce Howard
Cleo Greenwood
Bill Walters
Itmann Workman Hurt in Circular Saw Accident
Jules Gautier, 34, Itmann workman, treated at Wyoming General Hospital after cutting his right hand on a circular saw. Eugene Mink, 19, New Richmond, had X rays for a possible ankle fracture after jumping from a window. Billy Clower, 7, Otsego, entered for X rays of his left elbow after a fall at school.
Pineville Personal Notes Span Weekend Travels and Visits
Mrs Emma Hayhurst visited Charleston while Ada Hossfield spent several days in Coeburn Virginia. Mary K Bowman conducted business in Beckley. Violet Lusk stayed with the McGraws and attended a molasses march at their home. Tom Ed Lambert recovers from an emergency appendectomy at home in East Pineville. S J Lambert and kin visited relatives in Gallia Ohio. Onnie Bailey family and Wade Ashley group visited Mr and Mrs Edgar Stone near Pineville. Karen Streho enrolled at Radford’s Virginia Polytechnic Institute Women’s Division with her mother Mrs Robert Worrell along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Emma Hayhurst
Charleston
Ada Hossfield
Coeburn
Mary K. Bowman
Beckley
Violet Lusk
McGraws
H. G. McGraw
Miss Lusk
Fud McGraw
Tom Ed Lambert
East Pineville
Stevens Clinic
Welch
S. J. Lambert
Larkin Francis
Gallia
Ohio
Onnie Bailey
Onnie Bailey Jr
Wade Ashley
Jimmy
Sleepy
Mullens
Edgar Stone
Robert M. Worrell
Karen Streho
Radford
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Box Supper Planned by Brethren Church Group
The Brethren Church Woman's Missionary Society at Oak Hill hosts a box supper on September 30 at Mrs. Ollie Foy's home. Honorary member Mrs. Margaret Smith, co hosts Mrs. Willie Brooks Miss Essie Brooks and Mrs. Ruby Fox. Attendees include a long list of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Ollie Foy
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Brethren Church
Margaret Smith
Willie Brooks
Esse Brooks
Ruby Fox
Milton Robinson
Charles Estep
Aubrey Allen
Edward Hall
Elsie Brooks
Jennings Backus
Leonard Burgess
Alfred Nichols
Edward Duncan
Marion Johnson
George Via
L. L. Pegram
J. A. McKinney
H. A. Knuckles
Jones Cited by Moose for Pilgrim Degree of Merit
Cather Jones of Fayetteville received the Pilgrim Degree of Merit for service to Mooseheart Moosehaven and humanity. The degree was conferred at Mooseheart Illinois by the Supreme Lodge Loyal Order of Moose. Jones is a herder for the Kanawha Legion Moose Lodge. Also honored were Woody W Wickline of Rainelle and Congressman Harley Staggers of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Cather Jones
Fayetteville
Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Ill
Supreme Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose
Jones
Kanawha Legion of the Moose Lodge
West
Mullens Moose Women To Fete VA Patients
Mullens Chapter Women of the Moose entertain Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital patients Friday night from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Oneida Baptist Church Oceana runs the 2 p.m. coffee hour. Mrs Otis Cook chairs arrangements. Welton Chapel Allen Junction sponsored last Friday’s coffee hour. Rev Harry Pilkington chaired the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
The
Moose
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Oneida Baptist Church
Oceana
Otis Cook
Welton Chapel
Allen Junction
Harry Pilkington
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Powell
Wesleyan Guild
H. S. Shannon
Baileysville
Joe Lilly
Slab Fork
Carl C. Lilly
Kopperston
Mack Damewood
B. W. Steele
Fred O. Blue
Congress
West Virginia
Blue
Bluefield
State Road Commission
Commission
Road Commission
Statehouse
Democratic Statehouse
Oceana Personals
Gdankk
Charlie Stump
Tralee
Helen Cox
Elvina Echols
Herndon Heights
Norsie Short
Ernest England
Lewis Hill
Lamar
Erma Staton
Margaret Henson
Pontiac
Gladys Brown
Clarence Whitt
Basin
Betty Jane Moye
Rose Kelly
Princewick
Earthy Short
James Bolen
Clarence Jackson
Lilly Saunders
Corinne
Randall Hall
Claude Beeman
Otsego
Bobby Trump
Joe Swaner
Phyllis Walters
Harriet Hall
Pineville Circle
Itmann Workman Hurt
Portland Cement Association
W. Broad
Columbus
Chioe
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